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Johannesburg - A KwaZulu-Natal policeman accused of
assaulting a woman reporting a rape appeared in the Umbumbulu Magistrate's
Court on Wednesday, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID)
said.

The matter was postponed to 23 May for a bail
application, said spokesperson Moses Dlamini.

The 45-year-old sergeant was taken into custody on
Wednesday following reports that a woman was assaulted when she went to report
her daughter's rape.

The IPID begun investigating after the Daily Sun had published
a story about a woman who was assaulted when she took photographs of officers
who refused to help her, Dlamini said.

"The sergeant assaulted her and banged her head
against the service counter in full view."

Apparently another incident of assault took place when he
attended a domestic violence complaint in December.

"Police ordered a man to sign an interim order after
he was assaulted by the sergeant."

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